morning. we continue to watch scattered showers roll over the area. if and when we expect to dry out -- coming up. >> reporter: nearly eight years after his legal troubles began, barry bonds is expected to be back in court. his perjury trial starts today. we'll tell you what is first on the agenda. and another day the santa cruz harbor remains closed. find out what the county is trying to do to help residents. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's march 21st, monday. let's go right to rosemary. >> we're going to continue with this wet, even windy pattern as we move ahead. stormtracker2 showing you light showers falling over the area. we've been watching rainfall in areas right around s an francisco. let's stop the radar and take a

look at the latest. areas around millbrae brisbane, just getting out of some showers. we'll continue with light rain through snout -- throughout today. the next system already moving closer to the coast. we'll talk about the -- about the wet weather for the week ahead. sal? at the westbound bay bridge, we have a bigger-than- usual backup because of an earlier crash. it happened about an hour ago. blocking a few lanes near the toll plaza. they had to switch the metering lights on extra slow and that means you will be extra slow trying to get into s an francisco. usually it's not this big. 880 is busy and complete trafficup date minutes away. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. in just about an hour and a

half from now, the long-awaited barry bonds trial will start in san francisco. allie rasmus is live with the first thing that's going to happen this morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the first thing on the agenda is jury duty. and it will happen in at this federal building behind hee. you -- building behind me. you can see the metal gates, they are presumably out here for control crowd -- for crowd control. barry bonds is expected to in court today to watch the proceedings, although he's not expected to testify in this case. this trial is not about whether bonds took steroids. it's about whether he lied about taking steroids. back in 2003, he testified before a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly take steroids and that was part of the federal investigation into

steroids use in major league baseball. he was indicted on four counts. bonds's attorneys say they are confident the popular baseball star will be acquitted. >> we felt this -- you know from the first day we all met that the government's evidence has proven nothing and we still think that. >> reporter: now, the trial is expected to take two to four weeks. federal prosecutors are gonna call 50 witnesses to testify. one witness who said he will not testify is greg anderson. he's bonds's former trainer. anderson has spent time in jail for not cooperating. the first thing we have to get true this morning is jury -- through this morning is jury

selection and that's expected to start in about an hour from now. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. new this morning, turkey has secured the release of four new york times "journalists -- of four" new york times "journals. libya had originally said they were going to release the four last friday. the journalists were captured in the eastern part of that country last week. "the new york times" says the four entered the country without visas. the trial begins today for the two men charged in the murder of an oakland journalist. yusef bey iv is accused of firing the gunman would killed chauncey bailey. he was writing an article exposing financial troubles at the now defunct your black muslim bakery.

mackey is expected of -- is charged as well. overnight two san francisco police officers were taken to the hospital after they were hurt during a foot chase. it happened at baldwin. two police officers were chasing a stolen car when the three people inside that car jumped out and started running. officers ran after them but they were somehow injured in that pursue -- pursuit. another injured police officer, this time near brentwood. it happened about 5:00 yesterday afternoon on marsh creek road. witnesses say the officer flipped his patrol car after climbing up a muddy embankment. that patrol car ended up blocking a lane in the road. no one else was hurt. santacruz still working to rebuild the harbor that was damaged in last week's tsunami surge. jade hernandez is live at the harbor right now with when the

parts of the harbor could reopen. >> reporter: good morning. portions of this harbor were reopened, dave, over the weekend but weather shut it down. the port director decided yesterday that this harbor would remain closed at least through tomorrow. in the meantime, santa cruz county wants to prep residents here ii future tsunami surges. what you are looking at this morning, cell phone video. it's been more than a week since that day. as i mentioned, part of the santa cruz county harbor reopened to boat traffic but stormy weather shut it down. more than a dozen boat owners lost their boats. hundreds more damaged, creating more than $26 million in damage. so far, eight privately owned boats have been recovered every day the harbor is closed. it loses an estimated $206,000

in the santa cruz economy. for now, the coast guard is overseeing the debris and removal. while locals worry about the salmon season on the 2nd and authorities find ways to prepare for another disaster like this one, which brings us back to another meeting tonight. the tsunami county council will discuss the surge. the meeting will be held by a geo physicist in -- geophysicist. jade hernandez, back to you. >> thank you, jade. we have new video of a tree down in san francisco. this is the scene in front of a ymca on funtston avenue. the tree did not cause any problems when it fell. more than 4,000 pg&e customers are still in the dark after storm-related outages.

pg&e told us earlier this morning, most of the outages are in the north bay with 3700 customers affected. in the east bay it's less than 700 customers. the number is smaller in the south bay and on the -- on the peninsula. we checked in with the airports today and they say travel was -- weather messed things up. heavy winds in the los angeles area led to several cancellations and delays. bob hope's airport in burbank was hit the hardest. at least nine flights cancelled between the airports. we checked-to--- faa. weather in the new york city area is pretty bad. you can always find the latest traffic conditions by going to our channel 2 website,

ktvu.com. tori, just click on the weather tab. >> that's what you do. >> let's check in with sal. already some problems out there this morning. sal? >> that's right. we're still following the bay bridge closely -- we always do. today there was a crash. it is improving but still we have a busy morning at the bay bridge because of those earlier issues it's backed up all the way out to the maze and that means a 20-minute delay early. also this morning we're looking at the ma commute -- at the commute in marin county. now, rosemary says showers will be moving through so you may see some windshield wipers -- some oakland -- i'm sorry. you may see some wet weather as you drive through. let's take a look at northbound 101 as you drive up to the san jose area. that traffic is moving along okay. 17 itself coming into the valley looks good. at 7:09, hee's rosemary.

>> we're starting to sound like broken records here. scattered showers in the forecast. we are seeing a few breaks in the clouds. that will be the case again for the afternoon. that means the risk of thunderstorms. if we head to thunderstorm here. you can see a few light showers falling over the area -- over the area. we're seeing a little bit over the peninsula, some falling south of us primarily over monterey. but more to come. really not tapering off until the evening hours. we're dealing with mostly gray skies. you can see very widespread. our afternoon will be similar to yesterday. start to get a little bit of sunshine, next things you know it's raining. 46 expected in areas right around palo alto, 46 in s an jose, these temperatures cooler than yesterday by 5 almost 10 degrees. concord, 42, 48 in oakland. and san francisco right now checking in right about 48 degrees as well. if we head north where we're seeing some of our coolest locations, we're looking at 40 degrees in napa. 37degrees right now in areas

right around santa rosa. moving through the afternoon, the scattered showers and the possibility of thunderstorms continuing with this -- we have the trough right over california. it's going to shift east, really not tapering off the rain untillened to. it will only be tempary. right around -- temporary. right around here, it looks like we get a break. mainly dry by tuesday but then scattered showers. tuesday night as well as the wind expected to blow through. forecast highs today, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, a few lingering showers. mid-toupper 50s. 57 for napa. 56 in antioch. areas around hayward, 57 and upper 50s morgan hill as well as los gatos. 56degrees at half moon bay. your extended forecast, not going to get much better.

we have scattered showers. tuesday, the next storm rolls in and we're looking for lingering hours on wednesday and then behind it, another storm. saturday, first half of the day looks like it's mainly dry but that slight chance for rain increases as the next storm approaches. rain expected on sunday. back to the desk. >> thank you. after a weekend of air attacks in libya, there's in you word on -- there's new word on whether the military action is moving. >> also, the situation at the japanese damaged nuclear plant after smoke there was seen.

welcome back on this monday morning, where you can see the sutro tower in the background there. after a weekend of punishing air attacks, pentagon officials stay the united nations coalition has succeeded in scattering and isolating forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi. incredible pictures. in the meantime, state tv in tripoli says gadhafi supporters now gathering around airports. they are acting as human shields against these air strikes. britain says it aborted a bombing mission last night. they were trying to avoid killing civilians. we're also hearing word that a crew missile did destroy gadhafi 'compound and carried symbolism as well as the

military effect. the obama administration is getting a barrage of questions and alison burns has more on the criticism coming from the democrats and republicans. >> reporter: so far the u.s. is taking the lead role on launching those attacks. this is video from moammar gadhafi's compound, from what appears to be crews missile strikes. top obama administration officials are going to great emphasis to -- great efforts to say the coalition is minimal. >> we'll have a minimal role. >> reporter: but some democrats and republicans are expressing concern that the mission in libya is not defined and there's no end plan. senator john kerry says the

goal is not to remove moammar gadhafi from power. >> i would not call it going to war. this is a very limited operation that is geared to save lives. >> reporter: now, oakland congresswoman barbara lee joined a call with other liberal house democrats over the weekend, questioning the constitutionality of the operation. they say congress should have been involved. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. 7:17. president obama, meanwhile, continues his five-day tour of latin america with a stop in chile. the president is expected to arrive in the country later this afternoon becoming only the fifth u.s. president to visit that south america nation. today's stop comes after the president spent the day in brazil. yesterday he was in rio rio de janeiro saying freedom and democracy are human rights. in the last 30 minutes

we've learned that smoke is now rising from reactor number 2 at the fukushima dai-ichy in japan. earlier this 0 morning -- early this morning, smoke started to react from number p -- from number 3. the smoke is a sign that overheaters are reacting. officials spent all weekend trying to keep the reactors cool by spraying sea water on them. and they are urging not to overreact to the radiation turning up in vegetables and some water supplies. we have video of an 80-year- old woman and her 16-year-old grand son being rescued -- grandson being rescued. both were conscious but weak. they survived on the food in their refrigerator. is officials estimate the death toll will now exceed 18,000. it could take five years for

japan to recover. 7:18. today, the california senate holds a hearing about the lessons california can learn from california's quake and tsunami. this is part of tsunami and awareness and preparedness week. the hearing will focus on the safety of the nuclear power plants and natural gas pipelines. now, representatives from the san onofre and diablo plants will be there testifying along with nuclear safety experts and the response to the tsunami along the coastline will also be debated. the man who said he debated the loma prieta earthquake is now warning people in the u.s. to -- western u.s. to expect an earthquake by the end of the back. he says the full moon and the high side is a telltale sign.

lawmakers have cut $14 billion from the state budget. governor brown still faces the challenge of getting a hand full of americans to put $11 billion worth of tax extensions on a june ballot. a bay area man says he's ready to lead california republicans to victory after a tough yore at the bal rot -- year at the ballot box. yesterday, tom del beccaro takes control of the party months after it lost all elections in the statewide election and the ongoing debate about a june election. he says he's opposed to the election and wants other cuts made instead. >> there's been studies showing 25% our programs are giving

benefits to people ineligible. well, that's billions and billions of dollars a year. >> sacramento lawmakers are set to consider debating this and we'll follow it. >> we will. 7:20. there's a plan to shut down some smart meters. pg&e customers will soon have a choice about the controversial energy program. and changes may be on the way for bus riders. why heavier passengers are now prompting safety concerns. good morning. westbound bay bridge, not your typical morning. i'm afraid that's not good news.

pg&e is still working to create an opt-out plan for their controversial smart meter program. the california public utilities commission set a thursday deadline after a number of bay area companies approved moratoriums. some customers are concerned

about a health risk or leading to higher electricity bills. pg&e insists the devices are safe and will continue the program. transportation officials say americans are getting bigger. it's creating safety and spacers on bus. federal transit authority is considering raising the weight from 150 to 175 pounds. officials say the changes acknowledge the standing girth of the passenger -- of the average passenger. if approved, fewer passengers would be allowed on buses. the move comes as rising gas prices have more americans taking public transportations. speaking of gasoline prices keep going up, as the tensions in libya drive up crude oil. right now the national average of gas $3.76. that's 76 cents higher at this time last year. bay area prices, higher. the average, $4.02. in oakland it's about a nickel

res -- less. sanjose's average price is $3.98. let's see how traffic is moving impacting everyone to fill up the cars with gas. >> yes, tori. traffic is not moving well in om so -- well in some areas. westbound bay bridge, teas the bigger traffic story. we had a couple of accidents. also highway 4. highway 4 we had a couple of injury accidents there. the latest one was here in bay point. that one has been removed. you can see the traffic is going to be busy westbound coming up on the willow pass grade. so watch for slow traffic coming out of pittsburg -- out of pittsburg and bay point. it's much more busy than it normally is. a couple of crashes on the

peninsula. see palo alto there? 101 northbound and southbound, a couple of crashes. so if you drive on 101 and you i've on mountain view and palo alto, give -- drive on mountain view and palo alto give yourself extra time. the nimitz freeway at hayward, slow, livermore valley 508 is slow off the all tamont -- altamont pass. let's go to rosemary. a little bit of sunshine. that sunshine is gonna add to the instability today. we can expect to see the thunderstorms for the afternoon. right now starting in the 40s. that's where we expect to stick around. low 40s. second half of the day, warmest part of the day, coming up err 50s expected. we'll see the -- mid- to upper 50s expected. it won't last long. fake a look at tuesday -- take

a look at tuesday, showers arriving with the bulk of the system arriving tuesday night into wednesday. the next storm rolling in on thursday. we could see heavy rain rolling in thursday. showers return for sunday. our temperatures will remain below average sitting into the mid- to upper 50s. back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. even though it's now spring. old man winter strikes again. the snow in the sierra is creating a headache for for drivers. also -- the royal groom-to- be, prince william, makes a trip to down under and why he says he may be going back to australia in the near future. i dislocated both my ankles.

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welcome back. in about an hour, at 8:30, the longs-awaited perjury trial for home run champ barry bonds will start in san francisco. jury selection takes place first thing this morning. if that goes smoothly, opening statements will happen this afternoon. barry bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury about using

steroids. he's also facing one count of obstruction of justice. if he's convicted, barry bonds could possibly go to jail. a search continues right now for the three people who took san francisco police officers on a wild chase to san francisco's bayview district. ktvu's kraig debro joining us live with what led to that overnight chase and what happened to those officers that they ended up in the hospital. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this happened very close to candlestick park, less than a mile. the car actually crossed the driveway of hoss and jamestown and ended up in a bunch of plants, even knocked over a fence. you can see the dirt here and the cactus is crashed. over here it looks like this came from a headlight. also knocked down a fence here. this all started around 2:00 a.m. in the morning. there were two officers who spotted a sedan, a four-door.

they economicked the license -- americaed the license plate and found out the car was stolen. they started a pursuit. but it ended up at james town and hoss. the officers followed the car as it crashed into the fence there. the three men got out and ran. whenever the officers started that'sing -- claying these men on foot, that's when they got hurt. one of them had to be wheeled into the hospital. we're not sure of the extent of their injuries. we have to check on that later. we do know that neither of the men are in custody at this hour. we're still trying to find out the injuries that happened to the officers, how serious they are. 8:32. we now know the name of a pedestrian killed over the weekend in a hit-and-run crash in san francisco. 51-year-old david henderson was found in the road near market

and 8th street. he was pronounced dead at the scene. so far police have not  identified any suspects even the vehicle involved in this case. if you have any information call the san francisco police. san francisco police are still looking for the hit-and- run driver who smashed up seven vehicles in the castro this weekend. look at these pictures that a viewer sent us into the station showing the damage to a pickup truck in the 200 block of delores street the driver came up the demolition derby until crashing his own truck and then running off. no one was hurt. 7:33. a fremont cafe is requiring singers at the open-mic night to sing original material only. the cafe says it's taking that step to avoid to pay royalties. and patty's is caningle --

canceling this for the same reason. both businesses would have to pay about $00 a year to copyright licensed music. if the ordinance passes about the yellow pages, the directories would only be available at distribution centers or by request. the legislation seeks to reduce paper waste and save money. but business leaders say the move would cost jobs and hurt public businesses. a hearing is scheduled at 1:00. the newest version of the 747 is getting rave reviews from the people who should know best -- test pilots. the largest 747 yes. this thing is wider than a football field. it's six stories tall. two pilots flew the jet checking out its performance and handling. the jet can fly up to 8,000

miles. boeing's chief pilot says it will fly up to 600 hours before it will carry any passengers. but he thinks it's ready right now. >> it's one of the cleanest aircraft that i've ever seen. it just went perfectly. >> now, the german airline, lufthansa, has the contract. they plan to put this into service by early next year. 7:35, this morning roads are open in the sierra -- but chains are require. brian hickey is live with a look at the conditions, would you, from blue canyon. looks like a real blizzard behind you. >> it's actually very good right now. yesterday, it was a blizzard. it was whiteout conditions on interstate 880 and that's what closed the freeway. good news for those stuck at the north end of lake tahoele

they decided to get home, decided to spend the night, yes. chain controls from gold run all the way over to the nevada state run. you can see here at this live picture, the road is snowy but pretty smooth and clear. we're seeing cars coming by with no trouble. you just have to have the complained a -- chains and snowshowers. you will be fine getting through the mountain. as long as you obey that 0-mile- per-hour speed limit. but there's no wind. just a nice, steady snowfall. some of the ski resorts are literally digging out. more snow is on the way this week. i hope they have their shovels and snow caps ready. sno-cats ready. it's not over yet. >> i'm just curious, with they hoping the ski resorts will

stay open maybe longer than usual this year? >> reporter: even on a mediocre year, the skiers can stay open. it's all about business. down in the valley, it starts to warm up and people are pay -- are playing ball. i know sugar bowl is trying to stay open at least through the amgen. of california. >> thank you, brian. there's also we should mention some snow that's closed the grapevine which is on interstate 5, a very popular route for people to travel between the bay area and los angeles. sal, i know you are keeping an eye on that and traffic in the bay area. >> i just checked in with caltrans and closure is from the los angeles kern county line together so -- south to

bakersfield. if you are driving to los angeles, you may want to wait until the end of the day when they decide to open it or you may just want to try 101. speaking of longer, it's a longer-than-usual commute this morning trying to get into san francisco. this is because of earlier problems on the bridge. we also had our very own rita williams who said traffic on peninsula is not that good because it's raining and alternating with sun. it's kind of tough driving on the peninsula. this next picture is interstate 880 where traffic is okay. and into east bay, we've had some rety busy traffic from 580 coming across livermore and getting into castro valley. getting to the south bay, the freeways are getting a -- are getting busier. 7:38. let's go to rosemary. good morning to you. starting out in san jose where

we can see the sunshine fiing to get through those clouds. partly to outside our door and the sunshine -- in addition to a few lingering hours -- showers we may see thunderstorms pop up in the afternoon. giving you an idea of where it's dancing around, hayward seeing light rain. dublin at this time. it will begin to move its way east in through livermore, down to menlo park, woodside. over the santa cruz mountains, we continue to watch the rainfall. over san francisco, saw some over oakland. if i back up, it's just going to continue throughout today. so hit and miss showers. a little bit of sunshine. clouds mixed in there as well. and your satellite showing you how soggy state of california continues to be. most of the storm off to the east. but again, we continue can -- we continue with the weather right off the coast. you can see the circulation as

it continues to drop and move to the east. we have another storm that's going to roll in by tomorrow night. once we get past this unsettled weather, we have more to come. so today, scattered showers. by tonight we look to be mainly dry. tomorrow night we start out dry but the clouds will increase in the afternoon and evening hours. we'll be looking at rain as well as the possibility for wind. santarosa, 37. the rest of us, widespread 40s. 48 in oakland, 42 in concord. 46 in hayward as well as areas around mountain view this morning. so lingering showers in the forecast. mid afternoon we should start to see our temperatures warm right to the mid- to uppers 50s. 57 in areas right around oakland as well as fremont, 58 for san jose, the extended forecast. don't be mad at the messenger, okay? here it comes -- we've got the scattered showers, we've got rain moving in. the next storm behind it,

thursday into friday, we get a -- we get a semi-- another storm expected in the forecast. well, the real spring weather like will be coming thursday. prince william is touring areas devastated by floods in australia. he's been visiting flood victims and attending fund raise, in areas affected by the storm. many star-struck ladies gave him a warm welcome. one shouted to him asking him to mary her but he declined, as he's getting married next month. a new app on the iphone is raising a lot of controversy because of the service is allegedly offers to gay people. meanwhile, at&t wants to buy t- mobile. what the deal costs and the mixed news for consumers. plus -- new rules for car thieves. what-- car seats. what parents need to know

before they buckle up their kids.

there's some excitement about big corporate dealmaking, specifically this deal -- at&t has reached an agreement to buy t-mobile usa from its german parent company for $39 billion. it's getting 4 more new

subscribers and -- 24 million more new subscribers and that would mean better service but it could also mean higher prices. the deal must be approved still by anti-trust regulators and that could take until the end of the year. at&t's stock is up in early trading. a new report shows existing home sales took a dive. february sales were down 9%. the median price fell to $156,000 and that's the lowest level for home prices in nine years. 7:45. some big changes in car seat safety for kids this morning. the american academy for pediatrics just changed its position about how children should ride in cars. samantha hayes is in washington, d.c. she has all of the details. >> reporter: good morning. this is all about kid safety in cars but i think for some parents, you know, this news may not be -- they may notwell

come it because at a -- welcome it. now the american academy of pediatrics says no, wait until they are 2. they think that's the safest thing to do, especially because at 12 months maybe your child that's -- they are saying there's no reason to change car seats or turn the seat around before that time. a couple of our headlines out of this report, the study also advises most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they are 4'9". and kids 13 and under need to ride in the backseat of the car. they shouldn't be in the front side passenger seat. they say this is the safest way to go, that stu did you i -- studies and research shows car accidents while fatalities for children have decreased significantly, it's still --

that still for 4-year-olds in particular, 4-year-olds dying in a car accident, and younger, and they say that's the number one cause of death. and they say this is the safest way from keeping your child from getting injured. a few new things for parents to keep in mind of a significant change. the last time we heard from the ama on that subject was back in 2002. back to you. >> samantha, there are a lot of parents still worried about having to turn around to check on your kids while you are driving. that's still a lot of concern a lot of parents have about that. >> reporter: sure. if your child is facing forward, you can easily look behind you or use with us -- use one of those mirrors to see how they are doing. and at 1-year-old, they are going to want to look around and be engaged. but basicallies, the ama is saying -- so basically, the ama is saying this is the best way

to go. >> thank you for that report. the city of hayward getting ready to take another step towards another major crackdown on scream. a gang injunction would identify gang members and then ban them from associationing each other. the bay area is hoping to that a -- to that that injunction place soon. the dmv started issuing the new driver's licenses in october. since then, thousands of drivers have experienced very long delays trying to get it. the officials say the backlog is actually windling -- dwindling now and the contractor is apologizing for the long delays. "the sacramento bee" reporters that -- reports that contractors have problems with

printers, engravers and lambenating machines as well as employee mistakes that have to be corrected. 7:48. this morning gay advocates are putting pressure on apple to remove an app from the store that cures to -- that came -- that claims to cure gay people. it's conversion therapy to sang their sexual orientation. change.org said this message is bigoted and hateful. 80,000 significants that dash signatures have been gathered. celebrating in 140 characters or less a big controversy that twitter is marking today. a busy san francisco roadway gets a different type of traffic. how the weather a -- afacted the first

there's new information about more welding flaws in the gas pipeline near that part that brew knupp san bruno -- near that part that blew up in san bruno. pg&e uncovered the flaws during informations after the blast. they say they removed those parts of the pipeline and sent them to a virginia lab to be examined. hundreds of people who came out to help a 13-year-old peninsula boy, bryce vasberg, was -- was diagnosed with anemia, the kind that prevents the formation of red and white blood cells. yesterday, people lined you in burlingame to be screened for bone marrow donations. many say they don't know bryce but felt the need to help. >> i have four children and i

know if i were his mom i would want desperately somebody to help me. >> everybody who gave a swab of saliva goes on national transplant bone marrow he registry. if you would like to be a donor, go to the website. wet weather reduced the expected crowds for san francisco's first sunday streets event of the year. cars and other vehicles were placed by walkers, joggers and bicyclists. this is along the embarcadero yesterday between fisherman's of what of and -- fisherman's wharf. it's a very big day for twitter. the san francisco-based company is celebrates its fifth anniversary. it was march 21st, 2006, when the first suite was posted. the founder -- tweet was

posted. the founder tweeted two words -- "inviting coworkers." since then, more than 175 million users have shared their thoughts using 140 characters or less. just about a week ago, the microblogging site set a record of 639 tweets per second. that was immediately after that quake hit japan. crowds were lured into theaters by a blue-eyed actor. "limitless" stars a writer taking a pill that maximizes his brain potential. hey, sal, what's happening out there now. >> well, right now, traffic is doing okay. it's improved. by the way, twitter is five

years old. i do have a twitter account in case you want to let me know about traffic to share. dave asked how it's going. its improved. let's take a look at southbound 101 as you drive down to the 580 interchange. we have a little bit of slow traffic here. it's not all of that bad. now, rosemary has been telling us that showers have been moving through. rita williams said driving to her home was kind of an adventure. it was raining. westbound bay bridge bark under at the toll plaza. it seems to be improving a little bit. this morning's drive on the san jose freeway, the slow slowdowns have on in mountain view, palo alto because of earlier problems. 7:55. here's rosemary. we're starting out with a mixed bag of sorts for weather. we're dealing with scattered showers, rita williams seeing some sunshine and giving you a

live look at sunshine -- and the sunshine playing with the clouds. that sunshine bringing along instability. so perhaps thunderstorms in the forecast. but boy, is that sunshine a welcoming site. we will be in the 40s over the next hour or so our noontime numbers barely getting to 50. in some cases, 53 will be thage in many area mid- to upper 50s expected by the second half of the afternoon. the showers will begin to taper off. we won't dry out 100%. by tomorrow afternoon, the next observed storm hits the coast. this next storm expected to bring anywhere from .50 to 1 inch of rain and we could see up to 2 inches in the elevations. the next storm approaches after that and then on saturday we have the thirdsome for the week approaching the coast. in addition to that, our temperatures remain below average for this time of the

year. it is the first day of spring. 56degrees expected op sunday. overnight lows hovering in the mid-40s. back to you. >> thank you. 7. -- 7:5. moments ago, baseball's home run king just arrived in court. we'll have a live report in san francisco as jury selection gets underway in the barry bonds perjury trial. and two san francisco police officers in the hospital. and rain's gone but the clearup has just begun, where the storm has left new damage this morning.

the steady rain and powerful storms are gone but when is the next storm expected to move? and just minutes ago, barry bonds started to arrive for his trial today. we'll have a live report from outside the courthouse. >> reporter: in santa cruz harbor, authorities are trying to regauge when to reopen the harbor. and how two san francisco police officers got hurt on the job and how the search for the suspects is progressing. the second hour of "mornings on 2" starts now.

well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's monday, march 21st. let's go to rosemary to find out what's in store for the weather today. >> well, we begin the first day of spring with spring showers. we'll continue with this wet pattern. you can see it sort of dancing around the area. if we get in just a little bit closer, up in pacifica, getting ready to move into daly city, redwood city as well. over the santa cruz mountains it continues. if we head to the east, union city, fremont, pleasanton, livermore. areas right around the north bay, not seeing much in the way of rain. saw a little bit of fog. but these scattered showers aren't going to leave us altogether before the next storm rolls in. we'll show you what we can expect for the workweek ahead coming up. sal? all right. northbound 101, san francisco, rosemary, traffic is moving

well. you and i have been reporting that our viewers are reporting -- are reporting showers. it will be dry and then have to use the windshield wipers. i just want to remind you. any time you use your windshield wipers day or night, you need to have those headlights on because it's california state law. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we're just 30 minutes away from the start of the barry bonds perjury trial. allie rasmus is at the courthouse in san francisco. barry bonds just got there, right? >> reporter: we, that's right, dave. this trial is eight years in the making. barry bonds said he never knowingly took steroids. and now his perjury trial is set to begin in a few minutes. we got this video of barry bonds walking into the courthouse in san francisco. he pulled up in a black suv.

security, walked right into the federal courthouse and went through security checkpoints just like everybody else. now, barry bonds is in court today to watch the proceedings. he's not expected to testify. the trial is not about whether bonds took steroids. it's about whether he -- it's about whether he lied about it. he faces one count of lying under oath. one count of obstruction of justice. jury selection is the first thing that's going to happen today when this trial gets going about a half hour from now. there are about 50 perspective jurors who will be questioned in person by attorneys on both sides. jury experts say it can be tough to convince jurors that perjury sa serious offense. >> this is something that prosecutors routinely have to deal with in perjury trials, that illustrating for the jury that the subject of the lies may seem trivial but the lies to the justice system are anything but that and here's why. >> reporter: and perjury is

what barry bonds is accused of. this trial is supposed to take two to four weeks. federal prosecutors plan to call 50 witnesses. one witness who said he will not testify is greg anderson. he's barry bonds's childhood friend and trainer accused of giving his friend steroids. if he is called to testify and refuses again, possibly as early as tomorrow, he could be found in contempt of court again and go back to prison again. but before any of that happens, jury selection needs to begin. that is set to start in about a half and hour. and if they get through that phase, opening statements could begin this afternoon. back to you. >> thank you. it's three minutes after 8:00. new this morning, turkey has secured the release of four "new york times" reporters held by libya.

they were handed over to the turkic embassy. libya said they were going to release the four last friday. no reason for the delay. the journalists were captured in the eastern part of the country last week. "the new york times" says the four entered the country without visas as many western journalists have had to do. yusef bey iv's trial starts today. he's accused of hiring the gunman that killed chauncey bailey. bailey was writing an article exposing a lot of the bay area's now defunct your black muslim bakery. convicted gunman broussard is expected to testify in the trial as part of a plea deal. two san francisco police officers were rushed to the hospital overnight after being hurt during a foot chase. it happened at baldwin and oakdale near candlestick park. the two officers were chasing a stolen car when the three people inside the car jumped

out and started running. the officers ran after them but they somehow were hurt during that pursuit. the three suspects remain on the loose. yet another injured police officer, this time near brentwood. it happened about 5:00 yesterday afternoon on marsh creek road near dear valley road -- deer valley road. cleanup efforts are still underway after last week's tsunami surge caused $26 million of damage to the santa cruz harbor. jade hernandez is at the harbor now with how the city is preparing, should it happen again. jade? >> reporter: well, that's right. i just got off the phone with the harbor patrol officer. he told me that santa cruz authorities are trying to determine when to reopen this harbor. portions of it reopened over the weekend but weather shut it

down. the port director closed it through tomorrow. i want you to look at cell phone video. it's been more than a week since that day. as i mentioned, part of the santa cruz harbor reopened to boat traffic this weekend but stormy weather shot the harbor only hours after it reopened. half of the -- half of the dock and m-deck remain closed. hundreds of boats were cost, some lost their boats -- were damaged, some lost their boats. for now, the coast guard is overseeing the debris removal while locals worry about the start of salmon season on april 2nd. in meantime, authorities try to find ways to prepare for another disaster like this one. the tsunami ready program of santa cruz account will discuss the surge which caused this recent damage. santacruz county wants to prep

residents here for future tsunami surges. the meeting will be held by a geophysicist from uc santa cruz. for anyone wanting to attend, the meeting will be held at the santa cruz police department tonight at 7:00 p.m. >> thank you, jade. 8:06. we have new video this morning of a tree down in san francisco. this is the scene in front of the ymca and funston avenue in the presidio. the tree did not cause any damage when it fell. this is just the latest in a string of trees down caused by the winter storm. more than 4,000 pg&e customers are still in the dark after storm-related outages. pg&e told us this morning that most of the outages are in the north bay with 3700 customers affect. in the east bay, it's less than 700 customers. the number is smaller in the south bay and on the peninsula. 8:07. we did check at bay area airports for you this morning.

they say flights should be on time after all of the problems caused by bad weather in southern california. yesterday, heavy rain and strong winds in the l.a. area led to several flight cancellations and delays. bob hope's airport, look at that -- boy. bob hope airport was hit the hardest. you can always find the latest weather conditions and see live stormtracker updates by going to ktvu.com. just click on the weather tab. >> weather was really weird yesterday. >> yes. >> bright, sunny one moment and then hail. >> yeah. >> it was really strange. let's check in with sal and get an update on the commute. >> good morning. the traffic is affected by weather. this morning it's been mostly dry. but we've had some rain some of the freeways. we know for sure it's been ragging here on the peninsula but this is -- ranging here on

the peninsula. newschopper2 looking at the 92/880 interchange. as you know, they've recently changed some of the lane configuration -- configurations here. you can see traffic backing up past the southland mall and up to 238. westbound 92 traffic is moving well. you know one day they will finish this brand-new interchange. it will be later this year and they say it will be a lot easier to get through here it looks like they are putting the finishing touches on. it picks up at dankor road. westbound bay bridge happens been slow. right now traffic is still slowing down trying to get across. let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. looking at some sunshine there in downtown oakland. seeing a mix of sunshine and

clouds a moment ago. tori explained the weather as weird yesterday, kind of a similar setup. we remain unstable. we have scattered showers in the forecast. we have a little bit of sun. we have clouds as well. taking a look at the peninsula where we start to -- start to see -- to see the rainfall at livermore, pleasanton, dublin seeing some light sprinkles. hayward had a few cells hangening over. south san francisco, daly city, more to come. you can see it off the coast. santacruz mountains continue. thunderstorms off coast. they could weaken as they move on but with the unstable air mass, a little bit of sunshine we could see thunderstorms in the afternoon for today. your satellite and radar showing you just how unsettled we remain in the state of california. this trough continues to push off to the east. you can almost see the circulation here as it coats an moves on. we'll be drying out later today. we'll remain with the possibility of a few showers. the mix of sunshine as well as

clouds. by tomorrow morning, we should be dry. it won't be for very long because the increase of clouds will move in in the afternoon. current temperatures this morning, upper 30s, low to mid upper 40s. 38 santa rosa. this looks to be the cool spot on our nap -- ma. 4 in concord. 49 in oakland. afternoon highs for today, mid- to upper 50s. typically getting 60s by now. so we are below average for this time of year. 55 and areas right around vallejo. 57 redwood city. upper 60 san jose as well as morgan hill. your extended forecast, unfortunately we'll hang on to this wet active pattern. we have scattered showers in store for today. by tomorrow night, the next storm rolls in. we may not dry out completely until thursday. heavy rain expected through the morning hours. lingering showers for the last

day of the week. rain comes back on sunday. temperatures ranging in the mid- to upper 50s throughout the course of the next seven days. all right, rosemary. the air attacks are still continuing in libya. how the obama administration is being criticized from both parties on the military intervention.

we're finding out that nancy pelosi has been hospitalized in rome but we don't know why yet. nancy pelosi is in italy. she's celebrating that country's 150th anniversary. ms.pelosi was scheduled to meet with the defense minister and the head of the lower house of parliament when she started feeling ill. now, the u.s. embassy is refusing to make any comments on nancy pelosi's condition. well, after a weekend of punishing air attack, pentagon official says a u.n. coalition attack on libya has succeeded. they are scattering and isolating forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. the state television in libya says supporters of mr. gadhafi are gathering and standing as human shields against the air

strikes. britain is saying they aborted a bombing mission to avoid killing civilians. there's also word that a cruise missile did destroy gadhafi's residential compound. that's said to carry a symbolic effect as well as a military effect. meanwhile, the obama administration is facing a barrage of questions about the goals in libya. alison burns has more about the criticism coming from both democrats and republicans. >> reporter: allison -- tori, president obama continues his trip today. his aide say he's able to continue with the situation in libya while in south america. the u.s. took the lead in launching attacks in libya, including this one at moammar gadhafi's compound. but bob gates says the u.s. will soon play more of a backup roll in the international effort to protect the libyan

civilians. a number of democrats and republicans are speaking out because they say they are confused about the u.s.'s role and the goal of the mission. >> we've really not found out who it is we are atrying to support. obviously, the people against gadhafi. but who? >> reporter: as for weather gadhafi will stay in power, mike mullin said in several television interviews yesterday, it's uncertainly how the operation will end and it's a possibility gadhafi will survive it politically. defense officials are holing a briefing about the -- a holding a briefing operation. back to you. >> thank you. later today, president obama will arrive in chile to continue his five-country tour of latin america. today's stop comes after the president spent the past two days in brazil. yesterday, he spoke in rio de

janeiro and said freedom and democracy are human rights. then the president will head to el salvador to wrap up of his trip. employees of japan's fukushima dai-ichy remain evacuated after spoke started to rise from two nuclear reactors. that's an indication they are overheating. officials spent all weekend trying to cool down the react, by -- reactors by spraying sea water on them. and the world health organization says the u.s. must act quickly and ban food sales if the food is found to contain excessive layers of radiation. we now have video of an 80- year-old woman and her grandson being rescued nine days after the tsunami and earthquake. he was able to call out for help. he led rescuers to his

grandmother. both were conscious but weak. they survived on the food they had in their refrigerator. the death toll will now exceed 18,000. people in the pacific northwest could soon be dealing with their own earthquake aftermath, if a prediction from a retired geologist turns out to be true. he says an earthquake between 3.5 and 6.5 will hit the area by the end of the week. he says the full moon and the high tides are a telltale sign. he says he was suspended for his job from two months -- from his job for two montes because he predicted the loma prieta earthquake. the u.s. supreme court said it will not stop releasing the documents about which banks received bailouts. several banks and the federal reserve tried to stop their

release. shutting off some smart meters. pg&e customers will soon have a choice about that controversial energy program. and changes may be on the way for bus riders. why heavier passengers are now prompting new safety concerns. good morning. if you are driving on highway 4, the traffic seems to have improved quite a bit but there are still slow spots in the east bay. we'll tell you where they are.

8:2. the 49ers could get $4.5 million tonight from the city of santa clara. the money would be used to help build a new football stadium in the city. right now it's part of redevelopments funds the city has committed to the tale. city leaders say giving the money to a private group like the 49ers will better protect the mine from the state as governor brown moves ever closer to his -- to his attempts. pg&e is scrambling to create an opt-out plan for the smart meters. the deadline's thursday. some customers worry about health risk off higher electricity bills. pg&e insists smart meters are safe and they -- are safe and say they will continue the

program. trant porttation officials say meshes are gaining more -- americans are gaining more weight. the proposal is to raise the assumed weight of city bus passengers from 150 pounds to 175. now, officials say the changes acknowledge the expanding girth of the average bus passenger -- passenger. if approved, fewer passengers would be allowed on buses. this all comes as gas prices keep going up and more people are using public transportation. the tensions in libya continue to drive up the price of crude oil. checking the latest numbers right now, a barrel of crude oil is over $10. that's translating -- $102. that's translating into higher gas prices at the pump. today, the average is $76 higher at 3.57 for a gallon of regular. bay area prices are much higher, with the average in san francisco, $4.02 in.

in oakland, it's 3.97. and san jose's average is 3.98. you paid -- >> almost 80 bucks to fill up. >> oh, my gosh. >> people are talking about it. sal, i know you are watching what the drivers are doing right now. >> that's right. and people are becoming more cognizant about how long it takes to get to work to save gas. right now traffic is going to be slow in some areas. let's take a look at highway 24. it's moderately heavy on the way up to the tunnel. there are no major problems. the last few days have not been good but it's better. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. once again, the backup is up. it had been improving but it's back up heading westbound. this morning's commute in the south bay continues to be pretty slow. we have an accident -- we have a new accident on the way down to the los villas area.

northbound 101 coming up to sunnyvale is slow. let's go to rosemary. edon't -- depending upon where you are at, the north bay has stayed dry for the morning hours. meanwhile a look at the bridge and beyond, those clouds. the peninsula continuing with scattered showers this morning even moderate at times, in we get into pacifica, we can see moderate rain coming off the coast, perhaps a thunderstorm expected with this. and thunderstorms will be in the forecast as we will continue with possibility of scours, sunshine, clouds, and that instability will bring us the possibility of thunderstorms. so 40 degrees expected in the santa rosa area. started out in the mid- to upper 30s in the north bay. showers finally tapering off this evening. but we could see them actually -- well, linger a little bit in some cases. not 100% dry and here's why -- tomorrow morning we're already

watching the next storm approach the coach. so we sometimes get lingering showers but the main brunt of the next storm moving in tomorrow night into wednesday, that's gonna leave us wet for part of wednesday, thursday, the second storm moving in for the week. there's a storm storm let me show you where, into sunday. that next round of rain coming. over the next seven days i didn't really have a dry day on there. we could see sprinkles in between. we'll be in the 40s in the overnight hours. 23409 too bad but mid- to upper 50s for the second half of the day. 8:27. in just a couple of minutes, the trial of baseball's home run king will begin. there's barry bonds. we'll have a live report at san francisco. barry bonds arrived at the courthouse just about 0 minutes ago. >> reporter: how two -- about 30 minutes ago. >> reporter: how two san francisco police officers ended up in the hospital. and the royal groom-to-be,

prince william, made a trip to australia and yes says he will soon return with his future wife.

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welcome back. it's a little after 8:30. happening right now in san francisco, jury selection is starting in the barry bonds perjury trial. ktvu's allie rasmus is live in san francisco with more on this long-awaited case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's all going on in this federal cuthouse -- courthouse behind us. this is where barry bonds's trial will take place. about a half hour ago, we watched barry bonds but up.

he pulled up in a black suv, walked past with security detail, walked past the federal building and went through security, just like everyone else. it does look like this morning barry bonds will be in court to watch the start of his trial. most experts say he's not expected to testify. this trial is not about whether bonds took steroids, it's about whether he lied about taking steroids. he testified that he never knowingly took steroids. but investigators didn't believe him. in 2007 he was slapped with an indictment and faces four mounts of lying under oath and one count of obstruction of justice. jury selection is the first thing to get start on the agenda. about 50 prospective jurors will be questioned. >> what is going to be most compelling for jurors is seeing

this high-power, high-charisma person sitting several pete ai -- feet away from them and hearing a lot of unpleasant details, many of which they've already heard, many of which they've guessed at but many of which they haven't heard. >> federal prosecutors president bush to -- plan to call 50 witnesses to testify. one witness who has said he won't testify is greg anderson. he's-- he's barry bonds former trainer and is accused of giving barry bonds steroids. [no audio ] >> obviously, we lost our signal there with allie. but we will continue to cover the barry bonds trial in san francisco. also in san francisco this morning, investigators are looking for the three men who took police on a chase that ended with two officers in the hospital. ktvu's kraig debro is live in

the bayview district with more on what happened overnight. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. no new details from san francisco police, but this all happened a quarter mile from candlestick park. car they were facing was a camry and this ended up here. if you look closely in the mud here, you can see the tire tracks on ground ran over a cactus there, smashed into bushes. this looks to be part of a headlight that came off a car after the chase was other he. this all started at -- was over. this all started at 2:00 a.m. police spotted these men in the camry. i don't know what caused them to check the license plate. but they found out the car was stolen. it's unfair if that chase exceeded the speed limits. but it ened up at jamestown and haas. the car being driven by the three suspects ended up in that flower part in the garden there and it crashed into the fence. three suspects got out of the

car and ran. when the officers began to give chase, both of them were injured during the chase. it's not clear if they hit their legs on something but they had to be wheeled into the department, sf general, earlier this morning. their conditions are not known. we do know that three suspects are still outstanding. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 8:33. now we also know the name of a pedestrian killed in a hit-and- run crash in san francisco. 54-year-old david henderson was found in the road near market and 8th saturday night. they pronounced him -- pronounced him dead at the scene. so far police have not identified any suspects or the vehicle in this case. if you have information, call san francisco police. police are still looking for the driver who smashed up seven vehicles in the castro this weekend. look at these pictures. a ktvu viewer sent us the damage on delores street.

the driver continued that demolition derby before crashing his own vehicle into a cargo van and then running off. nobody was hurt. a fremont cafe is requiring singers at its open-mic nights to sing original material only. the cafe says it's taking that step to avoid having to pay royalties on copyrighted music. and patty's is canceling their event for the same reason. both businesses would have to pay about $800 a year to license copy writed -- copyrighted music. today a new proposal about the yellowages. if the -- yellow pages. the legislation seeks to lee dues paper waste and save money. but business leaders say the move would cost jobs and hurt

small businesses. a public hearing is set for 1 :00. 8:35. a boston hospital announcing the nation's first full-face transplant. the 25-year-old patient is from dallas, texas, with severely injured in a 2008 construction accident when he came into contact with a live powerline. he underwent surgery at brigham's hospital. they replaced his nose, skin, muscles and nerves. the first transplant occurred in spain last year. a student protest just ended at san lee an dro high school. you are looking at live -- at san leandro high school. you can see all of the students. they are calling for the vis principal to keen her job. she's about to be laid off at

the end of the year and the students say they will do whatever it takes for her to keep her job. we want to check in with sal who is keeping a close eye on the commute in morning. any problems out there, sal? >> well, you know, the commute was a little bit busier early in the morning and now it seals like we're recovering from the slowdowns. 237 is backed up, 880 slow coming counsel from fremont to the 237 area. not as bad on 880. i will he show you that on a moment in a moment. let me go to the map now. i want to show you that the peninsula map is busy. let me move this across. i'm talking about hayward, union city and frommont. if we go -- fremont if we go back to the peninsula, 101 in terrible shape from san leandro to paul low alto. today-- palo alto today would be the morning to use 280. i want to show you the bay

bridge toll plaza. that's affected by much-earlier problems that are gone. if you are waiting at the toll plaza, more like 20 minutes. it's not doing that great right now. let's go to rosemary. we have sun and clouds, it's just a very unstable air mass giving you a look at what's happening outside our door, that blue sky there, plenty of sunshine mixed in with the rain clouds. take a look at where we may be seeing some thunder and lightning. we're showing some reds here. put a tracker on this. it look like burlingame and millbrae in the next tent miss -- ten minutes if this continues on the eastward track you should see some moderate to heavy rain at times. mountain view saw some light rain this morning. sanjose in and around the east bay we're seeing a few sprinkles. , perhaps fremont, areas around hayward seeing some light rain. the north bay not seeing a lot

of rain. areas ard santa rosa errorring some dense fog. take it easy. we do have a real big mix going on. your rain and snow forecast. we'll continue with scattered showers. it will be really unpredictable out there today. we'll see some sunshine. you will have some gray sky and the possibility of a thunderstorm. we're in the afternoon and san jose perhaps a few sprinkles. the north bay, but we don't dry out all together -- altogether. take a look. this is just going to continue over the course of the next day before the next storm rolls in. 38degrees in san francisco expect. areas around oakland, hayward, and 46 in fremont. over aall highs today, below the seasonal norm. 55 in vallejo, 56 for berkeley. 57 in fremont, 58 mountain view and upper 50 of the haves for san jose as well as los gatos looking at 50 for the afternoon. when we get that sunshine, it

feels pretty good. it looks good but it brings on the risk for showers for the afternoon. we'll remain with the soggy pattern through tomorrow, the next storm rolls in tuesday night into wednesday. we're gonna get some rain, perhaps some wind with this and we're all ready with the satch righted soil. it could wreak havoc. the next storm rolls in on thursday, scattered showers for friday. get a slight break on saturday. the rain returns on sunday. and our temperatures, they don't budge. we're sitting in the mid- to upper 50s through the next seven days. dave? louisiana residents are worried about an oil substance that washed up near new orleans. >> just wanted to break out crying. the coast guard says whatever it is, it's not related to the bp oil spill. it's a plugged abandoned project and the oil was released from four to six hours. the source of this has been

secured, according to officials, but that's still worrying louisiana residents hoping to attract more tourism after -- dash after last year's slow summer. >> it's very disappointing. we worked really hard to get our community back. to see the tourists come in and get our businesses and everybody off the ground, it's a great summer. >> the coast guard is also watching a miles' long patch the sludge in the gulf of mexico. but they say that one was probably caused by river sediment. 19 minutes before 9:00. prince william is touring areas devastated by clouds and cyclones in. many star-struck young ladies were giving him a -- giving him a young man's hero's welcome.

8:41. well, changing the way you buckle up your kids in the car, the new recommend aches just came out -- just came out today. >> a big merger at at&t and t- mobile why why we don't know if it gets approved until the end of the year.

taking a live look at the big board on on wall street. there is a concern over the nuclear plant, well, that's subsided. the dow is above 12,000. nasdaq is up almost 2%, up 50. s&p is up 19. the country's second largest wireless provider taking a big step to become number one. at&t is buying t-mobile's u.s. operations for $39 billion in cash and stock. the deal still needs approval from regulators. that could take until the end of the year. at&t is not saying how the merger will affect pricing. 8:45. there's a new study on car seat safety and children and it has the medical community making some new recommendations. our correspondent, samantha hayes, is in washington, d.c. with all of the details.

>> reporter: that's right. you probably remember the old rkdzation back in 2002. we're-- recommend aches bake in 2002. we're talking about the american pede at at tricks group. now, a lot of parents may find this a bit difficult because by 12 months or older, it's nice to be able to look back and check on your child in the car and if they are facing back war, that can be difficult. but the group says that's say etch thing to do. the study published in pediatrics say most children will need to ride in a belt- positioning booster seat until they are 4 if the 9" and are between 8 to 12 years old. the orbit of news is children 13 and younger need to sit in the backseat of the car. they shouldn't be in the front side passenger seat, also another safety measure.

so a few things to keep in mine. these are recommend aches that the american -- recommendations that americans need to keep in mind. back to you. >> thank you. it's 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you. just a couple of minutes ago, barry bonds right there arrived at the courthouse in san francisco as the part of his perjury trial begins. he's accused of lying to a grand jury about using steroids during his testimony in 2003. the first thing on the agenda is selecting a jury if that goes well, the opening states could take place this afternoon. a trial begins today for the two men charged in the murder of oakland journalist chauncey bailey. yusef bey iv, is accused of hiring the gunman who killed bailey. antwan bailey is accused of tracking down -- tracking him

down on the day of his death. a waferning after the united nations and coalition forces. back here at home, hayward, the city of hayward, is et going -- is getting ready to take another step towards a major crackdown on street gangs. this week, the hayward city council will take a look at a police report that highlights the potential impact of a gang injunction. that would identify individual gang members and ban them from associating from another. it they violate it, they could be straight to jail. they are hoping to have the injunction in place by next year. also, the dmv is sending out 90-day extensionses for people who have -- extensions for people who have been waiting a long time for people

who are getting the new driver's licenses. tens of thousands of drivers have experienced very long delay. officials say the backlog is starting to dwindle. they say the contractor producing the licenses apologized for all of the delays. the "sacramento bee" says the contractor has had problems with the printers, with the lambenating machines as well as employees making mistakes that have to be corrected. gay vockets are putting pressure on apple to -- advocates are putting pressure on apple to remove an app. the group changeaught org said the exodus message is hateful and bigoted. it's posted a position on its website for the app's removal. 87,000 signatures have already been gathered. we told you the barry bonds's trial is now underway.

what happened this morning, just moment after barry bonds arrived at the san francisco courthouse. and nancy pelosi goes to the hospital in italy. one big question still needs to be answered.

would you cross an ocean? would you go if you could use your knowledge to teach someone and, in the process, maybe learn something yourself? life is calling. how far will you go? peace corps. barry bonds's perjury trial is now underway in s an francisco. allie rasmus is live at the courthouse, where a large number of jurors have already

been dismissed. >> reporter: well, that's right. the trial is -- trial is underway and so is the jury selection process of we just got word about -- process. we just got word about ten minutes ago about 39 of the prospective jurors have been dismissed. one has been dismissed due to a death in the family and attorneys are questioning others right now we have a crew inside listening to the questions that both sides are asking to filter through the process. we've told some of the jurors have been dismissed because of ethical and political views. others have been dismissed because they feel that the perspective jurors have heard too much about this case. and-- and their opinions would be bias. we also saw barry bonds pull up to the federal wild -- billing he pulled up in a black suv. he had security detail and walked into the federal building and went through the security checkpoint just like

everybody else. as we said, the jury selection process is underway. jury selection if they get through it, very quickly could wrap up by this afternoon and by later on this afternoon, opening states could begin. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:53. new this morning, nancy pelosi, the democratic house minority leader, has now been released from a hospital in rome, italy. but it's still not clear why she bass in the hospital. pelosi was scheduled to meet with the italian minister in the house of parliament when she started to feel ill. an atimeian news agency said she -- italian news agency said she was released from the hospital after undergoing on some tests. hundreds of people came out to help a 13-year-old peninsula boy. bryce was diagnosed with

anemia that prevents the formation of red and white blood cells. yesterday, more than 600 people lined up in burlingame to be screened for bone marrow donation. many don't know him personally but wanted to help. >> i knew as a moms i would want sub to do the same for me. >> it will take weeks to determine if there's a match. but everyone who gave a saliva sample goes on the reblg industry. if you would like to be a donor, go to the ktvu.com website. wet weather reduced some of the expected crowds for san francisco's first sunday streets events of the year. cars and other vehicles were replaced by walkers and joggers and bicyclists along the embarcadero yesterday between fisherman's wharf and mission bay. this happens once a month through october in different neighborhoods.

the next one takes place april 10th along the great highway way off ocean beach. this is a big day for twitter. the san francisco-based camp pendleton celebrates it's fifth navy. it was march 26th, 2006 when the first tweet was posted. twitter founder tweeted two words "inviting coworkers." since then more than 175 million users have shared their thousands, using 140 characters or less. and about a week ago, twitter set a record, 639,000 tweets per second. this was immediately after that quake hit japan. all right. sal uses twitter a lot. i know you are gonna be telling us about the situation on the grapevine. we're waiting for the sun to come up and be able too reopen that. >> kind of melt that snow. >> uh-huh. >> the grapevine has been closed from bakersfield to the los angeles/concern county line. they are waiting for the snow to melt. this is a look at the

snowplows, which is unusual for us to see snowplows on interstate a. is certainly not typical. they are getting some cars through. if you plan on going later in the day, it should be much better than it is now. let's take a look at live pictures of the bay bridge, that have improved quite a bit and traffic is moving along relatively well. if you are driving object 101 freeway, northbound 101 is moving along well. a the low of us had twitter accounts. let's go to rosemary. okay. the weather maps are ready to go. i'm gonna show you we continue with scattered showers. if you have sunshine out there the -- outside door, don't ditch the umbrella because the lingering showers are gonna remain in the forecast. so scattered showers in the forecast with some sunshine and a part in the clouds we could even see the afternoon

thunderstorms. our temperatures remain in the mid- to upper 50s. the next organized storm arriving by tomorrow night, we have a second one to follow on thursday and sunday looks to be pretty wet. all in all we'll be soggy for the entire week ahead. temperatures below average, mid- to upper 50s expected. kind of interesting for first week of spring. >> i know. >> i know. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.